History Creator / NipponIchi

NIS America is now apparently in the anime licensing business. All of NIS America's releases are subtitled-only and [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/convention/2011/anime-expo/3 they will never dub their anime no matter what]].

"Nippon Ichi" is Japanese for "Japan One" or, in other words, "Japan's Best". No, [[SarcasmMode they're not arrogant at all, what makes you say that]]?

* ''VideoGame/ClaDun'' and ''[=ClaDun=] x2'', retro-styled {{Action RPG}}s developed by System Prisma

* ''VideoGame/TrinityUniverse'', [[TabletopGame/TrinityUniverse not the table top game]], which is a combination effort with Idea Factory and Gust. Features Etna, Flonne, and Prinny from DisgaeaHourOfDarkness and Violet and Pamela from the [[AtelierSeries Atelier Violet]] as guest cameos.

* GagBoobs: Most female characters either have these or are on the [[{{Pettanko}} other end of the scale]].

* HeroesPreferSwords: [[DisgaeaHourofDarkness Laharl]], [[PhantomBrave Ash]], [[MakaiKingdom Zetta]], [[{{Disgaea 3}} Mao]], and [[{{Disgaea 4}} Valvatorez]] somewhat subvert the trope by having the option to wield different weapons, but their stats and their promotional art seem to gear them more toward swords. [[RhapsodyAMusicalAdventure Cornet]] and [[LaPucelle Prier]] averts this by using a trumpet and a baton respectively as does [[{{Disgaea 2}} Adell]] and the [[ZettaiHeroProject The Unlosing Ranger]], both of whom are geared toward using their own fists, although he does have the option to use a sword like the above characters. Only [[SoulNomadAndTheWorldEaters Revya]] plays it completely straight as he[=/=]she is stuck with the [[ArtifactOfDoom Onyx Blade]] the entire game.

* HeroicSacrifice: It usually ends up triggering the main character's UnstoppableRage and, in some cases, their SuperpoweredEvilSide. Coincidentally, except for two cases [[hottip:*:[[{{Disgaea 3}} Almaz]] and the main character of ''ZettaiHeroProject'']], all of them had blond hair[[hottip:*:[[RhapsodyAMusicalAdventure Cherie]], [[LaPucelle Alouette]], [[DisgaeaHourOfDarkness Flonne]], [[PhantomBrave Walnut]], [[MakaiKingdom Salome]], [[{{Disgaea 2}} Rozalin]], [[SoulNomadAndTheWorldEaters Endorph]] aka Walnut again]].

* HeroesPreferSwords: [[DisgaeaHourofDarkness Laharl]], [[PhantomBrave Ash]], [[MakaiKingdom Zetta]], [[{{Disgaea 3}} Mao]], and [[((Disgaea 4}} Valvatorez]] somewhat subvert the trope by having the option to wield different weapons, but their stats and their promotional art seem to gear them more toward swords. [[RhapsodyAMusicalAdventure Cornet]] and [[LaPucelle Prier]] averts this by using a trumpet and a baton respectively as does [[{{Disgaea 2}} Adell]] and the [[ZettaiHeroProject The Unlosing Ranger]], both of whom are geared toward using their own fists, although he does have the option to use a sword like the above characters. Only [[SoulNomadAndTheWorldEaters Revya]] plays it completely straight as he[=/=]she is stuck with the [[ArtifactOfDoom Onyx Blade]] the entire game.

* HeroesPreferSwords: [[DisgaeaHourofDarkness Laharl]], [[PhantomBrave Ash]], [[MakaiKingdom Zetta]] and [[{{Disgaea 3}} Mao]] somewhat subvert the trope by having the option to wield different weapons, but their stats and their promotional art seem to gear them more toward swords. [[RhapsodyAMusicalAdventure Cornet]] and [[LaPucelle Prier]] averts this by using a trumpet and a baton respectively as does [[{{Disgaea 2}} Adell]] who is geared toward GoodOldFisticuffs, although he does have the option to use a sword like the above characters. Only [[SoulNomadAndTheWorldEaters Revya]] plays it completely straight as he[=/=]she is stuck with the [[ArtifactOfDoom Onyx Blade]] the entire game.

* ''[[Prinny2DawnOfOperationPantiesDood Prinny2: Dawn Of Operation Panties, Dood]]''

* ''VideoGame/Disgaea3AbsenceOfJustice]]''

* ''[[BladeDancerLineageOfLight Blade Dancer: Lineage of Light]]'' and ''DragoneersAria'', developed by Hitmaker.

* ''Jigsaw Madness'', an oft-forgotten PuzzleGame that was their first title to be released outside Japan.

* ''DisgaeaHourOfDarkness'' (Original PS2 version published by {{Atlus}})

* ''SoulNomadAndTheWorldEaters''
* ''[[{{Disgaea 3}} Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice]]''
* ''Puchi Puchi Virus''

* ''Prinny 2: Dawn Of Operation Panties, Dood''

* ''The God and Fate Revolution Paradox''

* ''Generation of Chaos'', ''Aedis Eclipse'' and ''Spectral Souls'', developed by Idea Factory.
* ''Blade Dancer: Lineage of Light'' and ''Dragoneer's Aria'', developed by Hitmaker.

* ''Sakura Wars: So Long, My Love'', a port of the fifth game in the ''SakuraTaisen'' series, developed by...{{Sega}}. Okay, so they aren't ''always'' smaller development houses.

Games developed by Nippon Ichi (note that this list only includes releases outside Japan):

* ''[[Anime/AnoHiMitaHanaNoNamaeOBokutachiWaMadaShiranai anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day]]''

* ''{{Cladun}}: This is an RPG''

* ''[[{{ptitlebqlt761jc57w}} Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure]]'' (Original PS1 version published by {{Atlus}}.)

* UpdatedRerelease: Currently, ''DisgaeaHourOfDarkness'', ''[=~Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure~=]'', ''PhantomBrave'', ''{{Disgaea 2}}'', ''LaPucelle'', ''MakaiKingdom'' and ''{{Disgaea 3}}'' received one, though the PSP versions of ''La Pucelle'' and ''Makai Kingdom'' [[NoExportForYou have yet to leave Japan]]. Only ''SoulNomadAndTheWorldEaters'' has yet to receive one.

* {{Moe}}: NipponIchi ''loves'' using this trope; [[{{Disgaea}} Flonne]] and [[PhantomBrave Marona]] stand out the most. [[hottip:*:On an unrelated note, SandyFox voices these two characters, who are best known for [[PigeonholedVoiceActor being cast]] into these kinds of roles.]]

Nippon Ichi Software (often shortened to NIS or N1) is a video game company based in Japan. They are relatively famous for their use of detailed pixel art sprites instead of the photorealistic 3D models that the rest of the industry is leaning towards, and their many {{Strategy RPG}}s with absurdly high PowerLevels.

Nippon Ichi opened an American branch, called NIS America, in 2003 that also publishes games from companies other than its Japanese parent company (not unlike {{Atlus}} USA, which localized several of NIS's games before 2003 and today distributes several of NIS America's games), such as Gust's {{Atelier}} series.

NIS America is now apparently in the anime licensing business. All their releases are subtitled-only and [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/convention/2011/anime-expo/3 they will never dub their anime no matter what]].

Games developed by Nippon Ichi (Note that this list only includes releases outside of Japan):

* AxCrazy: Every Disgaea has at least one somewhat ax crazy guy, but Sapphire embodies it. [[spoiler:Everybody in ''SoulNomad'''s demon path.]]
* BadAssNormal: Pick a human, any human (game play wise). Sapphire embodies this trope story wise. Subverted with [[spoiler:Adell who only thinks he's human.]]

* TheChessmaster: Regular trope used even used by good characters (used most often by good ones at that).

* TheDitz: Usually as a foil for the DeadpanSnarker.
* EarlyBirdCameo: Asagi... maybe, kinda. To elaborate -- Asagi was a demo character used to test out one of the games's engines (the persistent rumor is that she was supposed to be the main character of the canceled ''Makai Wars'' for the PSP), but the developers liked her so much that they kept her around as a cameo in other games. She usually [[PaintingTheFourthWall bemoans the fact that she doesn't have her own game yet]] and tries to [[HostileShowTakeover take your game for her own.]] So she's an Early Bird Cameo for a game that hasn't been made yet.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Seedle, Drazil, and Super Hero Aurum all get lectures like this.
* EverythingIsBetterWithPenguins: Prinnies have been a Nippon Ichi staple since Disgaea, [[VerbalTic dood]].
* EverythingSoundsSexierInFrench: Mid-Boss, as well as the fact a lot of characters have French words for names (''La Pucelle'' especially so).
* FallenHero: [[spoiler: Thorndyke and Gig in SoulNomad. Thorndyke's fall is in the Demon Path and Gig was tossed (through the actions of Drazil before the game) down. Super Hero Aurum also applies.]]

* HeroesPreferSwords: [[DisgaeaHourofDarkness Laharl]], [[PhantomBrave Ash]], [[MakaiKingdom Zetta]], and [[{{Disgaea 3}} Mao]] somewhat subvert the trope by having the option to wield different weapons, but their stats and their promotional art seem to gear them more towards swords. [[RhapsodyAMusicalAdventure Cornet]] and [[LaPucelle Prier]] averts this by using a trumpet and a baton respectively as does [[{{Disgaea 2}} Adell]] who is geared toward GoodOldFisticuffs, although he does have the option to use a sword like the above characters. Only [[SoulNomadAndTheWorldEaters Revya]] plays it completely straight as he[=/=]she is stuck with the [[ArtifactOfDoom Onyx Blade]] the entire game.
* HeroicSacrifice: It usually ends up triggering the main character's UnstoppableRage and, in some cases, their SuperpoweredEvilSide. Coincidentally, except for two cases [[hottip:*:[[{{Disgaea 3}} Almaz]] and the main character of ZettaiHeroProject]], all of them had blond hair[[hottip:*:[[RhapsodyAMusicalAdventure Cherie]], [[LaPucelle Alouette]], [[DisgaeaHourOfDarkness Flonne]], [[PhantomBrave Walnut]], [[MakaiKingdom Salome]], [[{{Disgaea 2}} Rozalin]], [[SoulNomadAndTheWorldEaters Endorph]] aka Walnut again]].
* HiddenDepths: Lamington, Adell, and Champloo are MUCH smarter than they look and act.

* {{Moe}}: NipponIchi ''loves'' using this trope, [[{{Disgaea}} Flonne]] and [[PhantomBrave Marona]] stands out the most. [[hottip:*:And an unrelated note SandyFox voices these two characters, who are best known for [[PigeonholedVoiceActor being casted]] into these kinds of characters]]

* OlderAndWiser: Borderline -- many of said {{Bonus Boss}}es tend to be earlier protagonists.

* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: In NIS games there have been two recurring types of werewolfs, one is the constantly transformed man-like werewolfs and the other is of the humanoid with a wolf tail variety who are rarely seen completely transformed, if ever. The first type appears in the [[{{RhapsodyAMusicalAdventure}} Marl Kingdom games]] and in PhantomBrave, the other types appears as plot related characters in both [[{{RhapsodyAMusicalAdventure}} Marl Kingdom games]] and VideoGame/{{Disgaea 4|A Promise Unforgotten}}, namely Gao, Ran Ran and Fenrich.
* OutOfCharacterMoment: quite common in their games, particularly [[PlayableEpilogue the post-game content]].
* ParentalAbandonment: It would be easier to list the NIS characters that ''have'' living parents.

* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: How Seedle and Hawthorne are revealed to be utter monsters. After Jennifer asked if demons molested Laharl, he took offense to the human perception that demons are rapists.

* RunningGag: Asagi attempting a HostileShowTakeover in each game. It sorta works [=~Prinny: Can I Really Be The Hero?~=], where she's the main character of her own mini-campaign... About various Asagis attempting this.
* ScarfOfAsskicking: Shows up enough that even Nippon Ichi's MoeAnthropomorphism [[http://levelupnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Nisa.jpg has one]].

* {{Stripperiffic}}: Many, but the sexytype monsters (drawn by the artist of the Marl series instead of the Disgaea artist) take the cake. Not to be outdone, the Disgaea artist has drawn nudist green flower-[[strike:girls]][[DroppedABridgetOnHim guys]] and warrior women wearing a pair of belts as a tube top.
** Lampshaded in Disgaea 2, where said flower-man's name is [[ShoutOut 'BRID]][[GuiltyGear GET.']]

* SuperHero: The Prism Rangers, SuperHero Aurum, and the newest, Absolute Victory Unlosing Ranger, Star of Z.H.P.[yada yadda].

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* UpdatedRerelease: Currently, ''DisgaeaHourOfDarkness'', ''[=~Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure~=]'', ''PhantomBrave'', ''{{Disgaea 2}}'' and ''LaPucelle'' have all received one, though the last one won't get an English localization. ''MakaiKingdom'' and ''{{Disgaea 3}}'' were recently announced for a re-release, leaving ''SoulNomadAndTheWorldEaters'' as the odd man out.

* ''Anime/WagayaNoOinariSama'' (released as ''Our Home's Fox Deity'')

* ''MugenSouls'': an EasternRPG created by Compile Heart for the PlaystationThree in which [[AGodAmI a self-proclaimed god]] would like to TakeOverTheWorld.

* ''[[HyperDimensionGameNeptune Hyperdimension Neptunia]]'': an EasternRPG created by Sega for the PlaystationThree, in which {{Moe}} girls fight the ConsoleWars.

Nippon Ichi Software (often shortened to NIS or N1) is a video game company based in Japan. They are relatively famous for their use of detailed pixel art sprites instead of the photorealistic 3D models that the rest of the industry is leaning towards, and their many {{Strategy RPG}}s with [[BeyondTheImpossible absurdly high]] PowerLevels.